Linda Howard Book Junkies discussion

In order of appearance:

1. All That Glitters 1982
2. An Independent Woman 1982
3. Against the Rules 1983
4. Come Lie With Me 1984
5. Tears of the Renegade 1985
6. Cutting Edge 1985
7. Sarah's Child 1985
8. Almost Forever 1986
9. Midnight Rainbow 1986
10 Diamond Bay 1987
11. Heartbreaker 1987
12. Bluebird Winter 1987
13. White Lies 1988
14. MacKenzie's Mountain 1989
15. Duncan's Bride 1990
16. A Lady of the West 1990
17. The Way Home 1991
18. Angel Creek 1991
18. MacKenzie's Mission 1992
19. A Touch of Fire 1992
20. Overload 1993
21. Heart of Fire 1993
22. Loving Evangeline 1994
23. Dream Man 1994
24. After the Night 1995
25. MacKenzie's Pleasure 1996
26. MacKenzie's Magic 1996
27. Shades of Twilight 1996
28. Son of the Morning 1997
29. Now You See Her 1998
30. Kill and Tell 1998
31. All the Queen's Men 1999
32. Blue Moon 1999 (Novella)
33.. Mr. Perfect 2000
34. A Game of Chance 2000
35. Open Season 2001
36. Dying to Please 2002
36. Cry No More 2003
37. Kiss Me While I Sleep 2004
38. To Die For 2004
39. Killing Time 2005
40. Drop Dead Gorgeous 2006
41. Cover of Night 2006
42. Up Close and Dangerous 2007
43. Raintree Inferno 2007
44. Raintree Omnibus 2008
45. Death Angel 2008
46. Burn 2009
47. Ice 2009
48. Veil of Night 2010
49. Blood Born 2010
50. Prey 2011
51. Running Wild 2012
52. Shadow Woman 2012
53. Troublemaker 2016
54. Frostline 2016

Oh wow, this is awesome Dee. Thank you.

This really is! Thanks for doing this.

A quick fingertip refrence! :)

Thanks, Dee! I love quick references.

This is amazing! So i need to special order Linda's books as they do not stock her books. Can anyone recommend me a few of her must read books. Thanks. =)

I loved and would highly recommend Cry No More and Kiss Me While I Sleep

Jessica wrote: "This is amazing! So i need to special order Linda's books as they do not stock her books. Can anyone recommend me a few of her must read books. Thanks. =)"

It is probably easier to tell you the ones I don't recommend than the ones I do. I didn't like All That Glitters, Bluebird Winter, Burn, Ice, Cover of Night, and Blood Born. I know I read Up Close and Dangerous but I don't remember it.

My favorites are Open Season, Midnight Rainbow, Diamond Bay, Heartbreaker, Duncan's Bride, and the MacKenzies Series.

You missed a couple of Novella's Dee.

Blue Moon
Lake of Dreams
White Out

Jessica....they're all great....but I don't like or read the paranormal/fantasy/whatever that genre is called...so I stick with the contemporary. From the listings above, I've read all of the contemporary and own all of them either in print or digitally. I hope the early ones can be soon gotten digitally. I've read and re-read those early ones so many times, my books are getting worn out.

I confess I didn't read, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Inferno, Death Angel, Burn, Ice, Veil of Night & Blood Born...

Death Angel, Burn, Ice & Veil of Night are in my TBR pile for ages

Veil of Night is really good! Move it to the top of your TBR pile.

Thanks for the list. I've read all but the last four. Now I have some catching up to do. lol

loved open season

heartbreaker was okay

I loved Open Season, To Die For and Drop Dead Gorgeous. I prefer books with a little humor to go with my ronantic suspense.

Wow...I love this list, Dee. I realize I am not yet qualified to be LH junkies. I have only read 26 off this list.

Ya, you are a book Junkie if you have read 26 books.

Anita wrote: "I loved Open Season, To Die For and Drop Dead Gorgeous. I prefer books with a little humor to go with my ronantic suspense."

I also love romantic suspense

I've read 36 books. Do I get a prize? lol!

Thanks Dee I'm going to make a copy of this :)

What prize do you want, Pamela?

lol! I get my prize when I read her books.

I've read 33 of her books and liked them all especially Cry No More , Dream Man Open Season Cover of Night and Heart Breaker.

I have read all her books, thanks to Dee, she has lent me the older ones that she got through Amazon. Right now I am anxiously waiting for news of a new book (after Shadow Woman and Running Wild).

FYI: I just got an email from B&N saying "New Book by Linda Howard --Coming Soon" Be AWARE...it's not a new book. It's a combo of Linda Howard's 1983 title AGAINST THE RULES and Marie Force's FATAL AFFAIR to be packaged with the title: Lethal Attraction: Against the Rules\Fatal Affair

If a buyer doesn't catch that subtitle, he/she might assume that is a new title. It's not.

Thanks you Jane. I have actually gotten sucked into buying a book, thinking it was a new book.

I read all of them (53), re-read them, but I can't bring myself to read Blood Born! Can't stand vampires. Do you think I should read it??
I'm a little disappointed that LH won't communicate and let us know if she's writing again...so I stopped following her, it only makes me crave for more ;)

Sanya wrote: "I read all of them (53), re-read them, but I can't bring myself to read Blood Born! Can't stand vampires. Do you think I should read it??
I'm a little disappointed that LH won't communicate and le..."

I also don't like vampires or anything paranormal or historical, so no, I don't read those books, regardless of who writes them.

Why spend your time reading something you don't enjoy?

I do read and enjoy vampire books but I didn`t care for these, but there are other LH books that don`t do it for me either but she is still the crème of the crop.I don`t think we are expected to like a book just because of a name-tho of course I always do too.

I thought that I might like it even if it is a vamp book, just because I love the way she writes...but then, I really didn't care for her latest books.
Maybe I'll give it a try someday.

I agree, I don't especially care for paranormal books and vampires are at the bottom to the paranormal list for me. But, I will read the LH books just because she wrote them.

When I meet an author I really like I usually read everything they write. If they write a genre I don't like I usually don't read that genre.

I for one do like the vampire stuff, but this book was not a favorite of mine and I have only read it once. I can't force myself to read it again.

One and done for a genre you don't like is the least I would do for an author like Linda Howard.

Does anyone know when LH will release her next book? Also, what is happening to the series with Linda Jones Running Wild??

I haven't heard. Since LH doesn't have a web site it makes it hard to find out. I have asked on her FB page but she doesn't answer my questions.

Thanks Dee. I love LH but I wish she gives her fans a bit more info on her future books.

On her Facebook page she shares with Linda Jones, she said some weeks ago that the two of them were working on the next in that series they did ...is it paranormal ?,,,title would be Warrior Rising or some such. I don't read anything in that genre, so didn't pay attention. It'll be self-published since publishers balked at this sequel book, though apparently a lot of fans had asked for it.

I'll try to find the details.

See Facebook page for Linda Howard/Linda Jones --January 29, 2015,--for comment from Linda Jones that she and LH were still working on Warrior Rising and had been looking for the right cover art. She said then it was in progress and not finished.

There are a lot of authors that are self publishing these days. I can see advantages like keeping more of the money, total control, etc.. But the disadvantages have to be great, just generating publicity for a book must be an enormous undertaking.

And no publisher deadlines or changes wanted.

While hoping to find Troublemaker listed in my library's digital collection early (no luck), I came across a book titled Jeopardy by Linda Howard. I'd never heard of that one. It turns out to be a compilation....Game of Chance and Loving Evangeline. So, it's not new...just two titles bundled together...and two I wouldn't have imagined together. ;)

Yep. Saw Jeopardy at WalMart this week

The books they pick to bundle never makes much sense to me.

same with me. I am glad to hear about Jeopardy. Since I have both books (in abundance) I don't need to buy that book.